Massachusetts boatyard closes its doors
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:15.(soundings) The Edey & Duff boatyard in Massachusetts, founded in 1968 by Mait Edey and Peter Duff, has ceased operations. READ MORE
Post to TwitterScallopers claim tribal fishing rights
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:38.(capecodonline) The recent boarding of a scallop vessel off Nantucket may be the first
shot fired across the bow of the federal government in a dispute over a
Maine tribe's right to fish in federal waters. READ MORE
'There was no argument': Giant Royal Navy destroyer looms over yacht carrying £4m worth of cocaine
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:35.
(dailymail) With the full might of a Royal Navy
destroyer looming over it, the skipper of this little yacht had little
choice but to surrender. HMS Gloucester had been called in to intercept the yacht in the mid-Atlantic which was carrying £4million worth of cocaine. READ MORENew England Boatworks to build Puma yacht
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:33.(soundings) Puma Ocean Racing announced that New England Boatworks was contracted
to build Puma's new Volvo 70 for the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race
2011-2012. READ MORE
Coast Guard ends search in Narragansett
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 18:54.(coastguardnews) The Coast Guard has ended its search, Mon., Aug. 30, 2010, for the
25-year old man who fell in the Narragansett Bay, R.I., Sun. 29, 2010. READ MORE
Hurricane Earl eyes the East Coast
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 18:51.
(soundings) As Tropical Storm Danielle dissipates in the North Atlantic, the East
Coast of the U.S. is bracing for a brush with Hurricane Earl. READ MOREBP crews prep to replace blowout preventer
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 18:49.(workboat) The next phase in permanently sealing the crippled BP oil well in the
Gulf of Mexico involves prep work to replace the blowout preventer, a
U.S. official said READ MORE
Are You Inadvertently Operating on Different AIS Channel?
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 18:48.
(marinelink) Between July 27 and August, 2010, while conducting development testing
of its Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS), the Coast
Guard inadvertently tele-commanded most AIS users transiting the
Eastern United States between lower Connecticut and North Carolina to
switch to AIS frequencies other than the AIS default frequencies
(161.975 MHz - Channel 87B - 2087 and 162.025 MHz - Channel 88B -
2088). As a result, those users within uniquely defined channel
management regions (as shown in the picture) will neither see nor be
seen by vessels operating on the default AIS channels when within these
regions.Canada aids cruise ship stuck in the Arctic Ocean
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 13:12.(CNN) The Canadian coast guard began ferrying passengers on Sunday from a cruise ship that ran aground on an unmapped rock. Officials aboard the Clipper Adventurer reported their troubles on
Friday. The crew failed to dislodge the ship during high tide on
Saturday, while Sunday, a coast guard icebreaker arrived to transport
the people on board to land. READ MORE and WATCH THE VIEDO
Canadians Defend Little America’s Cup Title in Jaw-Dropping Display of Sailing Technology
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 13:03.
(newport-now) If wing technology didn’t have everyone’s attention after BMW Oracle
Racing’s victorious 33rd America’s Cup, it definitely does now after the International C-Class Catamaran Championship won by Canadian Defenders Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke, hosted at the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court Clubhouse
August 22-28. The high speeds and almost instant acceleration of
cambered foils had members of America’s Cup syndicates, top designers
and all sailors in awe. READ MORE
